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Page 6 THE BATTALION MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1979 Mock disaster tests emergency service By SCOTT PENDLETON Battalion Staff Blood spurted from jagged wounds on some. Others had broken bones jutting through their shredded flesh. Most of the accident victims moaned in agony. One girl was in shock, therefore silent. Her left arm had been severed at the elbow. There were too many victims for the Col lege Station firefighters to treat them all at once. “Once you get ’em stabilized, leave ’em and move on to another one,” one fireman called out to the others. Fake though they were, the injuries looked as grisly as the real thing. That was inten tional, since the accident was part of a disaster simulation conducted Sunday afternoon to test the emergency facilities of Brazos County. The mock disaster, at Highway 2818 across from the Southwood Valley entrance, was a collision between a bus and a tank truck carry ing chlorine gas. Fifteen “bus passengers” (Emergency Medical Care and Emergency Medical Technician trainees) with various injuries lay strewn by the road while chlorine, gas supposedly drifted toward the Southwood Valley subdivision. The College Station Fire and Police De partments, the County Sheriff s oflice, county Civil Defense officials, St. Joseph’s and Bryan Hospitals and Companies A, B, and C of the Texas State Guard’s 203rd M.P. Battalion cooperated in responding to the emergency. The state guard passed out leaflets in Southwood Valley advising the residents that chlorine gas was being carried into their neighborhood by the prevailing wind and that they should evacuate. The residents were also told, of course, that the disaster was just a drill. The police blocked traffic and coordinated the emergency activity while the firefighters performed first aid on the accident victims, then rushed them to the hospital emergency rooms. Once there, the doctors and nurses continued the simulation to the point of or dering X-rays for some of the victims. On hand to evaluate the exercise for the Texas State Guard were Lt. Col. Joe T. Haney of Bryan and Col. Waterman of Aus tin. Both were impressed. “I thought it was outstanding on everyone’s part, even though it was a simulation,” Haney said. “They did what they were supposed to do. ” He considered it to be one of the best he has seen in the state. “The participants were highly motivated,” Waterman added. Whde Masterson ) Student Body President n Ie aajul r ♦ » » ♦ i i i i ♦ i ♦ i i ♦ ♦ WANTED THE NAVY and THE MARINES ARE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD SOPHOMORES To Apply For The Two-Year NROTC Program Attend six weeks of summer training at Newport, Rhode Island, 27 June to 11 August and receive $600 plus room and board. Receive $100 per month during your junior and senior academic years. Candidates who graduate near the top of their class may qualify for a two year scholarship which provides tuition, books, fees, and $100 per month. Contact The NROTC Unit ROOM 106 MILITARY SCIENCE BLDG. 845-1775 - ^ - Photos hy Lee Roy Leschper Jr. and Scott Pendleton ( MSC Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased Willi These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Poods Each Daily Special Only $1.79 Plus Tax. “Open Daily” Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. —4:00 P.M. to 7:00PM MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Whipped Potatoes Your Choice of One Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter ! Coffee or Tea TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Mexican Fiesta Dinner Two Cheese and Onion Enchiladas w/chili Mexican Rice Patio Style Pinto Beans Tostadas Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Chicken Fried Steak w/cream Gravy Whipped Potatoes and Choice of one other Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Bo® Coffee or Tea THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner (t( PH ) $ ) SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE O0 Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Li-sjp '^oc\tf*y Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w/TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL Chicken & Dumplings Tossed Salad Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SUNDAY SPECIAl NOON and EVENING ROAST TURKEY DIN» Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butt®] Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable i